3. Instrument your Application using LabWiki

3.1.1. The "Plan" Window

To get started point your browser to ​http://labwiki.casa.umass.edu:4000/. Labwiki has three major windows. We will focus on the leftmost window first. This is the "Planning" window in which you document your experiment. (This is somewhat the equivalent of an electronic lab journal.) Documents are written in ​Markdown.

At the top of that window is a text field which you can use to search for existing MD scripts. Type "learningswitch" in the field and then select "learningswitch.md" from the list of files that are offered. This document has some information on the experiment that will be performed in Module A of the tutorial.

3.1.2 The "Prepare" Window

At the top of that window is a text field which you can use to search for existing OEDL scripts. Type "GEC20" in the field and then select "GEC20-learningswitch.oedl" from the list of files that are offered. This list the experiment script in the field below.

3.1.3 Start your application from LabWiki

To start your experiment, simply drag the icon that is to the left of the file name (see figure below) from the middle (Prepare) to the right (Execute) window.
That will automatically fill out the experiment relevant information in this window and allow you to start the actual experiment by clicking on the "Start Experiment" button.